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John sons Universal CycIop4dia.

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John nsOn's Universal CyclOp9dia.
"Of making many books there is no end
It is doubtful if the inspired writer ever
imagined an age so prolific in books as
the present. We live in books. Every
body reads. This fecundity of literature
is not altogether free from bad influences.
1t tends to shallowness-to draw the
mind from one aim or strdy to the vain
attempt to master all branches of know
ledge. No Crichton, however admirable,
can compass it all, and he is but smat-
terer who attempts it. But there are
| questions continually presenting them
selves N newspapers, magazines, CONVEX
satlon, debate and study which we desire
to know about. Hence the course of
| modern study is to classification. It is
! impossible for the majority of people to
secure private libraries covering all the
broad fields of literature, art, science, the
oloSy, history, biography, etc.; and, were
it possible, very few have the time to
search through numberless tones to find
what Is desired. The student of to-day
demands knowledge In crystalized form
some compendlous and systematic ar
rangement that will take in the whole
field of information. Such a work is
cyclopadia
WHY GET A CYcLoPEDIA ?-Bccause in
this age it is necessity. He who desires
to keep up with the great chariot of pro-
gress needs it. A man who possesses an
unabridged dictionary, and a reliable cy-
clopedia brought down to date, has L.
brary; be who is without either of these,
no matter how many books he may have,
has still an incomple to library. It is not
the number of books, but the amount, ex-
tent and variety of knowledge to be de-
rived from them, that constitutes the per-
feet library.
The scholar needs a cyclopndia as
ready means of getting at the thoughts of
the best men OF all subjects. The pro-
fessional man needs it, for, no matter what
be his pursuit, he is looked upon as an
authority on all subjects in his profes-
sion. The farmer, the mechanic, the mer-
chant, the clergyman, all classes, need it,
to keep abreast of the times. Every oc-
cupation finds material for it's wants. No
father can give to his child at school OF
his son or daughter just entering the arena
Of Life anything that will be of more per-
manent benefit. 1t is an education sup
Elementary to that of the schools.
The ideal CYCLoPeDIA: ITs REQUIRE
MENTs.-1. As sponsors it ought to have
men of acknowledged ability and scholar
ship.
2. The tendency of the age being to
spccialties in medicine, law, and every
other branch of knowledge, each depart
ment should be edited by a learned and
:world-renowned Specialist.
8: It should be an original work, and
not compilation. -....0-..,..- -. -
4. It should be authoritative, and give
its authority
5: It should be subdiYided and ar
ranged suitably for ready reference.
6. It should be up with the times, and
have an economical method of keeping it
so.
7. It should be accurate, reliable, COM
prehensive in its scope, thorough, concise,
clear, fresh, full, and adapted to popular
use.
s. It should be unbiased in every de-
partment; on controverted subjects i'm
partial; not tainted with sectarian or phi
losophic bigotry.
9. It should be free from verbiage, all
useless lumber being rigidly excluded
10. While full and accurate in it's treat
ment of foreign affairs, it should be espe-
cially rich in knowledge relating to our
country.
II. Its illustrations should illustrate
and not be mere pictures.
II. 1t should be table-book more than
a shelf-book-one the editor may have at
bis elbow, the merchant at his desk, the
| physician on his table, the mechanic or
farmer at his freside.
| JoHNsoN's UNIVERSAL CYcLoPaDIA
MEETS THESE REoU1REMERTs.- 1t has 33
departments, with an editor of the highest
scholarly standing for each-vjz: Public
Law, ETC., Pres. r. D. Woolsey, LID;
Civil Law, etc., Prof. T. ". Dwight, LID;
American History, etc., Hon. Horace Gree
ley, LID; Hon. Alexander H. Stephens,
LID, and Hon. A. R. Spoford, LID;
Botany, etc., Prof. Asa Gray, LID; Med
icine, Prof. Willard Parker, NJ. D., LID;
Education, Schools, ETC., Hon. John D.
Philbrick, LID, etc., etc. It is truly the
busy mans Cyclopedia, the articles being
divided and subdiVided, so that any point
may be turned to without being compelled
to read the whole article as in Appleton's.
Two thousand of the most eminent schol-
ars living have become responsible for the
accuracy and thoroughness Of the work
by signing their names to the articles. Il
has what no other work can claim-viz
Forty of Americas greatest scholars as
editors, who are responsible for the whole
work. Its thoroughness and accuracy
have never been questioned We are con-
stantly supplanting Appleton's Cyslopn-
dia and Scribner's Britannica with John
sons, and sell the former and the Peoples
at panic prices,
| For information as to terms, ETC.. ad-
dress J. STICK, Manager for A. J. John
son & Co., in South Carolina.